On the Nobody Somebody Has Inside: C.S. Lewis and a Post About Bullying For Pink Shirt Day #pinkshirt — A Pilgrim in Narnia

By all accounts, the famous children’s author C.S. Lewis was bullied badly in the English private school that he was subjected to as a child. His first school, Wynyard, had a bully as a headmaster. Robert Capron–nicknamed “Oldie” by Lewis and his brother, Warren–was selected to be their father, Albert Lewis, to mentor these future […]

Pesky Words — Story Empire

Hey SE Readers. Joan with you today. I’m going to preface this post by saying I’ve probably made every mistake I mention and then some. I tend to read with a more critical eye these days. It isn’t intentional, but as a learn more about the craft of writing, I pick up on things in […]

NaNoWriMo: Day 18

Well, I wanted to blog something on the 15th because it’s the halfway mark. I thought about giving it the humorously nerdy title “Beware the Ides of NaNoWriMo!” but apparently the Romans considered the Ides of November to be the 13th, unlike March in which it was the 15th. Not that it matters now. I

Another Power Outage

Last night there was a storm with high winds, so I was prepared for the power to go out again. Not prepared in the sense of having bought a backup generator, because let’s face it, given how the pandemic is going, that’s not about to happen any time soon. But I had a cooler ready,

NaNoWriMo: Day 8

It just occurred to me that I haven’t blogged in a while. I’d like to say it’s because I’ve been so busy writing my novel for National Novel Writing Month, but the truth is I’ve been mostly glued to my television set since Election Night. And I did fall behind in NaNoWriMo a little because

My power just went out

I live in a semi-rural area that is prone to power outages. If I was the kind of person who was better prepared for… like anything, I’d have a backup generator. But I don’t (long story). Anyway, today is not an unordinary day, no snowstorms, no extraterrestrial attacks from outer space. Some high winds they